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10/2/24 The Oakland Press - Pontiac Schools to Participate in Immersive Music Challenge

7/12/24 Bloomfield Community Television - Watch About You -'Accent Pontiac with Sommer Dawson'

5/29/24 The Oakland Press Accent Pontiac Receives Band Instrument Donations

5/20/24 The Royal Oak Tribune Accent Pontiac Receives Band Instrument Donations

3/1/2024 Oakland County Times Accent Pontiac Brings Out Leadership Skills and Musical Side of Pontiac Youth

1/5/24: The Oakland Press - Helping Hands: Impact100 Oakland County awards $320K in Grants

11/2/23: National Endowment for the Arts - Transforming Lives through Music Education

8/18/23: Detroit Free Press - Schooner provides hands-on learning for local youth

4/21/23: The Oakland Press - Accent Pontiac receives donation of tuba for youth music program

3/3/23: El Sistema USA - Teacher of the Year

2/27/23: CultureSource - Announcing Our FY23 Round 2 Minigrant Recipients

2/6/23: Civic Center TV - Pontiac Non-Profit Brings Music into Local Schools!

12/8/22: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan’s Pontiac Funders Collaborative announces more than $120,000 in grants to 15 Pontiac nonprofits

8/23/22: Pontiac Marketing and Promotions Bureau - PMB Newsletter Community Spotlight

6/2/22: Bloomfield Community TV - About You

5/18/22: National Endowment for the Arts - National Endowment for the Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 22

12/21/21: Pontiac Community Foundation - M1 Mobility Update

12/15/21: The Oakland Post - NAfME completes successful fundraiser for local music education organization

11/1/21: Neighbors of Bloomfield Hills - Green Bucket Run

7/8/21: WXYZ Detroit - 14 Nonprofits in Pontiac to receive nearly $117,000 in grants

7/8/21: Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - 14 Nonprofits in Pontiac Receive Nearly $117,000 in Capacity Building Grants from the Pontiac Funders Collaborative

7/1/21: Arts Midwest - Explore GIG Fund Round 1 Projects

4/7/21: Channel 7 WXYZ - Pontiac nonprofit bringing music to your ears while raising funds to strengthen youth and community

4/6/21: Fox 2 Detroit - Spring Nosh Ideas from Chef Kelli Lewton of Two Unique Caterers

3/17/21: Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - Creating Opportunities for the Arts to Flourish

1/29/21: The Oakland Press - Accent Pontiac awarded $55,000 grant to support music education for children

1/28/21: Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan - Community Foundation and CultureSource Announce $275,000 from COVID-19 Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund

7/7/20: Oakland County Prosper - In a Pandemic, Music Transcends School Walls

7/7/20: The Ensemble - The Importance of Mission Statements

2/21/20: 15 News Southfield - Youthful Talent @ Accent Pontiac

10/28/19: WXYZ-TV Detroit, Channel 7 - Kirk in the Hills 5K to support Accent Pontiac"

6/13/19: Funding the Future - Financial Literacy Rocked Pontiac

6/6/19: El Sistema USA - ‘When she’s here, she is a leader.’

5/31/19: The Ensemble - News Notes

5/28/19: El Sistema USA - What is El Sistema USA? Music teachers making a difference.

5/24/19: El Sistema USA - Students from Accent Pontiac compose music based on financial literacy!

4/18/19: Spectacle Media - Financial Literacy Rocks Pontiac All Week Long - Come Rock with Us to Empower Pontiac’s Youth Through Music

12/21/18: El Sistema USA - PRESTO Feature: Accent Pontiac

10/29/18: Oakland Press – ‘I feel proud’: Accent Pontiac music education serves hundreds of elementary students, fundraiser upcoming

8/1/18: The Ensemble – News Notes

7/6/18: El Sistema USA – El Sistema USA Invests $1 Million in Music Education Programming

6/2/18: The World Ensemble – The Americas Take on Collaborative Composition: A Right Answer to the Hard Questions

4/17/18: Oakland Press – From beatboxing to swing dancing, Pontiac Arts & Culture Crawl looks to ignite downtown festival scene

2/26/17: The Ensemble – Accent Pontiac

1/27/17: Bloomfield Hills Schools – PREP Students Participate in Community Service Project

11/11/16: Oakland Press – Pontiac elementary school students perform in bucket band

10/14/16: Oakland Press – Buckets and Trumpets: New music program coming to one Pontiac school